A Christmas Gift

Cadoul de Crăciun

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

On the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceaușescu’s bloody repression in Timișoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceaușescu dead...

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Bogdan Mureșanu
Script: Bogdan Mureșanu
Cinematography: Tudor Platon
Editing: Andrei Bălășoiu
Sound: Sebastian Zsemlye
Actors: Adrian Văncică, Ioana Flora, Luca Toma, Mircea Andreescu, Gabriela Hamzescu
Production: Kinotopia
Producers: Bogdan Mureșanu, Vlad Iorga, Victor Dumitrovici
Format: HDCam
Color: Color
Production Country: Romania
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 23΄
Contact: Mailuki Films, mailukifilms@gmail.com
Awards/Distinctions: Best Short Award (Romanian Days) – Transylvania IFF 2018

Bogdan Mureșanu

Award-winning Romanian writer and director Bogdan Mureșanu, born in 1974, shifted from literature and advertising to cinema with continued success. Since his debut in 2008 with the script for The Human Torch (won the Transilvania International Film Festival scriptwriting competition), his work has covered animation, documentaries, fiction films and TV series. He is a member of the European Film Academy and best known as the scriptwriter of Sandals, a short animated film that won numerous international awards, including the Youth Jury Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2020. He is also known as the director of The Christmas Gift, winner of the European Film Academy Award for Best Short Film 2019 and another 72 awards from 200 festivals, including the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand, Best European Short Film at Alcine European Film Festival and three awards at Tampere Film Festival. His short art documentary Negruzzi 14 was showcased at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in 2016.

Filmography

2013 Half Shaved (short)
2016 Negruzzi 14 (short doc)
2016 Spid (short)
2018 The Christmas Gift (short)
2020 The Merry-Go-Round (short)
2024 The New Year that Never Came